Jean-Pierre Chapoteau

Screenwriter - Director
Screenwriter, Director and Sound Designer

Atlanta, Georgia

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January 2012

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About Jean-Pierre

Jean-Pierre Chapoteau is a visionary writer and director. He's actively a screenplay reviewer for top festivals in Atlanta, and has received over 11 million views on digital platforms for his written work. With a strong background in story telling, Jean-Pierre Chapoteau directed critically acclaimed comedy series "Build a Boo", which can be found on Black&Sexy TV, and also the psychological horror series "I am Not Charlotte", which has been nominated in top black film festivals including ABFF '18.

With the goal to push strong minority roles to the forefront, Jean-Pierre Chapoteau continues to create bold and beautiful narrative content for underrepresented people

Unique traits: - Strong narrative vision. - Great with dialogue. - Big on Anime.

Gender:
Male

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Olympians Horror An Olympic gold medalist and her family make sport of slaying unsuspected visitors, but find themselves with their hands full when a group of college athletes come knocking.
Bloom Drama An inner city kid proves what he's made of in a rap battle. (5 pages)
Fangs Horror A vampire offers a slave his services for the exchange of food. (5 pages. 1 Location. 3 actors)
Cassie Drama ⋄ Horror A man accidentally kills his loved one. (3 pages. 1 location. 2 actors)
More Than Monsters Action ⋄ Adventure A skilled hunter of mythical creatures may have found his match in a simple and quiet apple orchard. (6 pages)
Bottled Drama An alcholic copes with the lost of her child by doing what she does best. Drink. (7 pages)
The Relief Drama ⋄ Horror A wealthy man suffers the consequences of contributing to a "good" cause. (9 pages)

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Credits

Lunch Break Sort of a Love Story (2018)
Television (Romance) Director Add a Plot »
Gab Talk (2018)
Television (Reality-TV) Editor Add a Plot »
Nowhere (2018)
Film (Short) Cinematographer Add a Plot »
Build a Boo (2017)
Television (Comedy) Director Add a Plot »
Between Women (2016 - 2017)
Television (Drama) Director A web series about the lives of 6 lesbians.
Back 2 Life (2017)
Film (Short and Drama) Writer From first sight to last fight, Trilogy takes us through the span of a relationship between two people convinced they were destined to be together until they look back and see how they crumbled apart.
Mulberry (2016)
Film (Short, Drama, Horror and Thriller) Writer Add a Plot »
Martyr (2016)
Film (Short and Thriller) Writer A hardworking young man bent on saving his sick son must convince a stranger to kill an innocent student or an unknown group will detonate the bomb strapped under his coat.
Things My Daddy Should've Told Me (2016)
Film (Drama) Camera and Electrical Department Andrea has the perfect husband and the perfect career. Her marriage to Troy Daniels is ripped from a storybook. But, something is missing. Troy is ready to start a family, but Andrea has reservations. Mira is successful in her own right. Her fear of commitment and abandonment won't allow her to spend too much time with one man; but sometimes her vulnerability gets the best of her and she finds herself longing for love. Carmen has it all - a blossoming business, a husband who is a pro basketball player, and a beautiful son. But, when her husband's career suddenly ends, and bad habits take over, she finds herself in a familiar place. Three women, three backgrounds, three different outcomes. But, one thing that all of these women have in common - each other. Things My Daddy Should've Told Me follows three best friends - with an unbreakable bond - on an emotional journey to find the love, support, and knowledge that they should've had all along. Can they stop the generational curses ...
Christopher Garris' Destroyed (2016)
Video (Short, Drama and Family) Camera and Electrical Department Tracey Goings is forced to accept public housing due to death of her husband, the families primary breadwinner. She looks at this as being a temporary situation and she works during the day and goes to college at night trying to get the family back to where they were before the death of her husband, however life is not always that perfect. Eight years later she is still there and desperate to make a change. Her oldest son Anthony takes matters into his own hands and commits a robbery that influences his younger brother Rodney to attempt the same thing as a way of saving the family. Unfortunately this special child has no idea what the streets are really about. His life and future are shattered with a single gunshot during a home invasion. Written by David Drew
Planet Venus (2015)
Television (Comedy) Actor The calamities of a girl and the planet that she lives on.
Prentice Place (2014)
Television (Drama) Cinematographer Add a Plot »
The Student (2013)
Film (Short and Horror) Actor Preyed upon by her blood thirsty professor, a seemingly innocent college student finds herself on the brink of immortality when teacher turns vampire.
Night Six (2012)
Film (Short, Crime, Drama and Mystery) Writer A serial killer is on the loose, Detective Jones is on the hunt.
Point of Infection (2012)
Film (Short, Drama and Horror) Writer Infected with a deadly virus, a man desperately searches for his family, only to discover that the person they are hiding from is him.
Young & Married
Television (Comedy) Director Add a Plot »

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Awards

FINALIST - Kevin Spacey's Jameson First Shot Competition - "Les Garcon" - Top 20
(2015)
FINALIST - OBS teleplay contest - 'Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Guardian. - Third Place
(2012)
Semi Finalist - Slamdance teleplay contest - 'Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Guardian'
(2011)
FINALIST - Raw Talent screenwriting contest: Far From Perfect - Second Place
(2010)